Whip-socket.



G. F. STANFIBLD.

WHIP socKET. nrmouxon Hum un. 2a. 1908.`

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

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GEORGE FRANCIS STANFIELD, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

WHIP-SOCKET. n

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

- Application filed March 28, 1908. Serial No. l23,887.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE FRANCIS STANFIELD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans andState of Louisiana, have invented a new and Improved Whip-Socket, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide novel details ofconstruction for a whip socket, which aiford a neat strong, simple andinexpensive device of the character indicated that will securely holdthe stock of a whip, avoid injury thereto and which permits the releaseof a whip from the socket by foot pressure.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts, asis hereinafter described and defined in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specication, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding` parts in all the views.

Figure l is a side view of the improved whip socket, secured in positionfor service on a dash board of a vehicle, a partial edge view of thedashboard only being shown;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the whip socket, takenthrough the axis and-i shown on a portion of a dashboard; and

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view, substantially on the line 3-3 inFig. 2. Y

In the drawings that illustrate the construction and application of theimprovement for service, it will be seen that the whip socket consistsof two principal parts or sections 5, 6, vthat cooperate for the supportand retention of a whip stock until designedly released. The section 5,as indicated in Fig. l, consists of two integral 5h, each member beingconcaved on one side and convexed on the other side, thus producing twosubstantially similar straight walls that are virtually portions of acylindrical tube. At adjacent ends, the members 5a, 5b, are connected bytwo oppositely disposed and diagonally trending web walls a, a, thathave such a length and diagonal inclination as serves to j dispose saidmembers suitably spaced apart in parallel planes with their concavesurfaces innermost, thus rendering them in effect fragmentary walls of atube. v

Two similar forked bracket arms 7, 7, are

secured upon the exterior of the member 5a, respectively near the upperand lower portions thereof, said arms being furnished at their oppositeends with the base flanges 7 a, which are secured upon a dashboard A, asindicated in the drawings and thus hold the socket section 5 in an erectposition.

The socket section 6 is formed with two members 6, 6b, that aresubstantially similar to the members 5a, 5b, ofthe fixed section 5,these members being integrally connected together at contiguous ends bytwo oppositely disposed web walls b, b, that are nearly similar totheweb walls a, c.

The web walls b, `b,.are so spacedI apart that the socket section 6 maybe slid over the socket section 5 and the web walls b, Z), be crossedand lapped upon the exterior surfaces of the web walls a, a, whereonthey are centrally pivoted, as shown at c, c, in Figs. 1 and 2, therebysupporting the socket section 6 on the fixed section 5.

The members 6a, 6b, are disposed directly opposite the sections 5a, 5b,respectively, and

Vsaid sections in pairs, form the socket walls of a nearly cylindricalshape that may be diverged at their upper and lower ends by rocking lthe section 6 on the fixed section 5.

The socket members 5a, 6a, have their concavo-convex walls flaredoutwardly at I their upper ends, thus producing an enlarged entrance orthroat d that facilitates the insertion of a whip stock into the socket.TheA lower member 6b of the socket section 6, is extended down a properdistance below the lower end of the socket member 5b, and the lowerportion of the section 6b is extended forwardly so as to project belowthe 4lower extremity of the socket-member 5b, aording a foot flange 6Cthat is preferably concaved on its upper side, and at its free end 6d,extends a short distance in front of the socket member 5b. Upon theexterior of the socket member 5a, is secured the upper portion of aplate spring S, which extends downward at its free end, and with properresilience, presses upon the exterior' surface of the socket member 6b,thus normally disposing this socket member' substantially parallel withthe socket member 5b.

The interior diameter of the complete whip socket, is so proportionedthat the handle portion A of a whip A2 may be readily introduced betweenthe flared upper ends of the socket members 5a, 6a, and subsequentlypressed down between the fixed and rockable sections of the socket untilsaid handle Aat its lowei` end, is seated upon the foot flange 6.

The free outer end 6d of the foot flange 6, is spaced a suitabledistance from the lower extremity of the socket member 5b, which willpermit the knob g on the lower end of the whip stock or handle Arthereof, t0 be pressed outwardly and below the lower` edge of the socketmember 5b, and it will be seen that by the impingement of the knob g,that is ordinarily placed on the end of a whip stock, the whip will beretained in the socket, due to the pressure of the spring 8V on thesocket member 6b. A

The position of the whip socket on the dashboard A, is. ,referably atthe right side of the latter, ancv such a distance above the iioor ofthe vehicle, not shown, that the driver may conveniently press the toeof his foot upon the free end Gd oi the foot` flange 6c when the whip isto be removed froml the socket. This foot pressure will rock the socketsection 6 on the iixcd section 5 thereof and release the whip. by adivergence of the socket members 6a, 6b, from the mating socket members5a, 5b, so that the whip may be simultaneously removed from the socketand after use be replaced in the socket by its downward insertionthereinto, as before ex plained.

Having thus described my inventiom I claim as new and desireto secure byLetters Patent:

l. A whip socket` comprising a fixed section, embodying two odsetmembers having concavo-ccnvex walls, a similar socket scc` tion rockablymounted upon the fixed section, a foot flange on the lower end of therockable section projected below and spaced from the lower end of thefixed section, and means for normally pressing the lower por tion of therockable section toward the fixed section` 2.. A. whip socket,comprising a xed section formed of two members having concave convexwalls, spaced apart by two diego-- nally disposed web walls, a similarsection having two spaced diagonally disposed web walls which cross andembrace the other web walls, a pivot connection between each pair of webwalls, a foot flange on the lower portion of the rockable sectionprojecting below and spaced from the lower end of the iixed section, anda spring adapted for engagement with the lower portion of the rockablesection.

3. A whip socket, comprising a section formed of two similar members,having concave-convex walls, two integral web walls diagonally andoppositely disposed between the adjacent ends. of said socket members,thus olfsetting one member from the other, two bracket arms projectedlaterally from the upper member of the socket section for attachmentupon a dashboard, a nearly similar rockable socket section formed of'two members. having concavo-convex walls, integral diagonally trendingweb walls upon the adjacent endsof these socket members, `which webwalls cross and lap upon the other web walls, a pivot between each pairof web walls at their centers, said pivots being disposed oppositely, afoot flange on the lower end of the rockable section projected below andspaced from the lower end of the fixed socket section, and a platespring mounted upon the ripper member of the fixed section and pressingupon the lower member of the rockable section.

l.V A whip socket comprising a fixed scction, and a movable sectioncrossing the fixed section and pivoted thereto a spring acting normallyto move the movable section toward the fixed section, the lower end ofthe movable section being extended to form a rest for the whip, and forengagement by the foot to swing` the movable section.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses,

GEORGE FRANCIS STANFIELD'.

Witnesses:

E., J. Pontina, CirAs. Lnnwre.

